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, developed and published by

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for the

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video game console. It is the sequel to the 2008 game '' Otomedius G (Gorgeous!)'', a spin-off of the ''

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'' series. It was released in 2011 on April 21 in Japan and in North America on November 1. ''Otomedius Excellent'' features female characters representing different Konami franchises.

Gameplay

''Otomedius Excellent'' offers a single-player campaign and a multi-player mode provided via the

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service. If stages are too hard, the player can recruit up to three helpers in the Multiplay offline mode. In Score Attack new weapon cards can be unlocked after finishing the main game. Through

online multiplayer was possible and new content could be unlocked. There are also several new characters, several extra stages and several character BGM packs that were available through downloadable content.

Plot

In the year 2011 AD, after the civilization war between the Angel Squadrons and the Gofer Sisters before their memories taken, and the music box has been forbidden ('' Otomedius Gorgeous''). Meanwhile, the Inter-Dimensional Organization G now continues the new Bacterian Army with new member squadrons to defeat the unknown Bacterian Force and the Dark Force was taken to earth and revolved their destruction but the Squadrons were going back in time to finished their most powerful forces among the real world of planet Gradius.

Release

In July 2011, the first packages of

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(DLC) were released. They featured BGM packs, extra stages and customize Outfits through

. The soundtrack album contains the game's musical tracks from a variety of popular game composers including

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and

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. The soundtrack also features a large amount of arrangements from previous

games. It was released on March 29, 2012 in Japan by Konami, with cover art by

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Reception

The review aggregate website, ''

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'', displayed a score of 48/100, which indicates "generally unfavorable reviews". Eric Bowman of ''GameCritics.com'' gave the game a 2/10, saying "Otomedius Excellent shouldn't be worth anyone's time. Beyond the overall badness of the gameplay, the whole thing just feels incredibly cynical." Daemon Hatfield of ''

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'' called it "outdated and overpriced," giving the game a 5.5/10. The difficulty was particularly criticized. Cameron Lewis of ''

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'' gave it a 5/10, stating "It's frustrating, it makes no sense, and it just makes everyone involved want to play something else." Kevin Schaller of ''

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'' also noted the difficulty, saying "If you think games like ''

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'' and '' 10'' are tough, you have no idea just how dead you can be in a game."

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